Re: Jabber in the company

On 4/13/10 10:12 AM, Torsten Bronger wrote:
> Hallöchen!
> 
> I was suprised how easy ... well trivial it is to setup an openfire
> server on one of the servers in the research centre I work at.
> Within 5 minutes, the thing was installed, started, and connected
> via LDAPS to the active directory of the recearch centre,
> authenticating against it with the correct passwords, and even
> grouping the users according to their institutes.
> 
> However, five minutes later I switched it off because it's probably
> forbidden.
> 
> Now I plan to suggest an openfire officially here, ideally with S2S
> communication.  How should I do that?  Does anybody here have
> experiences?  In particular, the IT department will tell me that
> they have security concerns.  Is this valid?  Are there studies
> about virus infections through Jabber in companies?  What are
> counter-measures?

What are the exact security concerns? XMPP uses TLS to encrypt
connections, SASL for strong authentication, has a diverse ecosystem of
clients, no known viruses, etc. It's much safer than email. :)

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/

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